Syringe-case.



No. 630,638. Patented Aug. 8, I899.

A. H. TATUM.

SYBINGE CASE.

(Application filed Mar. 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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INVENTOR ms nouns PEYERS 00.. uoruumon vusuma'mm n c UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. TATUM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO IVI'IITHALL, TATUM dz;

00., OF SAME PLACE.

SYRlNGE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,638, dated August8, 1899.

Application filed March 11, 1899.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. TATUM, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SyringeCases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to cases more particularly adapted for syringes;and-the object of said'invention is to provide a case of the char acterdescribed wherein simple, cheap, and efficient means are provided toretain nozzles in place in the case when they are not in use and toallow ready access thereto when they are to be used.

To these ends my invention consists in the arrangement and combinationof parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of asyringe-case embodying my invention, the same being shown open with theparts in place. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through thecover of the case, the said View being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view of the case when closed, the viewbeing taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates the maincontaining-receptacle, in which the syringe proper, B, or other suitabledevice may be contained. The receptacle A is provided with a cover 0,which is shown as hinged thereto, as indicated at a a, and thecontaining-receptacle and cover go to make up the casing proper. Thewalls I) of the cover C have pivoted thereto a nozzle-support D, asindicated at c. This nozzle-support is provided with a series ofsecuring devices-such, for instance, as the screw-threaded projectionsdto which the variousnozzles E may be removably secured. Thenozzle-support D is flattened, as indicated at e f, upon two sides atleast, andwith these flattened sides of the nozzle-support a retainingmeans is adapted to cooperate. The retaining means illustrated in thepresent instance is a flat leaf-spring F, which may be secured toa wall:of the cover C, as indicated at g. The free' end of this spring bearsupon the flattened serial No. 708,678. on; model.)

portionsof the nozzle-support and retains it ,ineither of two positionsby frictional contact.

These. 'two positions are those in which the nozzles are maintainedparallel with the top .of thecover, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 of 55the drawings, and the position in which the nozzle-support is turned onits pivot in an upright positio n, so that the nozzles may be readilydetached from their support.

It will be observed that by my invention I 60 am enabled to maintain thenozzles and their support in a position Where they will not ill-;terfere with the closing of the case and wherein there is no liabilityof the nozzles becoming injured when the case is closed. 6 5

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a syringe-case, the combination of a main containing-receptacle, acover therefor, 70 a nozzle-su pport pivoted to and carried whollywithin said cover, means carried by said nozzle-support for removablyconnecting one or more nozzles thereto and a spring cooperat ing withsaid nozzle-support and adapted to 75 retain it in the position intowhich it is moved.

2. In a syringe-case, the combination of a main containing-receptacle, acover therefor,

- a nozzle-support contained within and pivoted top wall of the coverand will be maintained go in this position by the retaining-piece andwhen'the nozzle-s11 pport is moved in another position the nozzles willbe maintained'by the retaining-piece at substantially right angles tothe top wall of the cover. I p

ALBERT H. TATUM.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. SMITH,

GEO. E. MORSE.

